Home Yoga Practice

Rolling up from a standing forward bend can be damaging! What happens to your lumbar spine when instructed to “round or roll up” from a standing forward bend? The lumbar spine curves in to accommodate the weight of the structures above it (cervical and thoracic spine; ribcage, head and their contents). Between the bony vertebral bodies are …

We are pleased to share this blog post by Bruce Black . . .His book Writing Yoga is a gem. What do pickled peppers have to do with yoga? Nothing… and everything. One of my teachers, Lynn Burgess, a student of Rodney Yee’s and the owner of Yoga From The Heart in Sarasota, FL, often begins her classes by reading aloud a short passage from …

These five tips can help you design a home yoga practice and give you the confidence that you do, in fact, know what you’re doing. They also provide the means to keep your practice fresh, so that you don’t have to resort to practicing the same handful of poses over and over (unless you want to, of course—it is your home practice, after …

Many students want to keep their practices going when they are at home. If you are toying with the idea of creating your own personal practice, a quick run through of the 5 reasons to start a home yoga practice should motivate you to roll out your sticky mat and get started: Convenience. Fighting traffic to make it to class on time, remembering …